Research

Our research

Violence against women and their children affects everybody. It impacts on the health, wellbeing and safety of a significant proportion of Australians throughout all states and territories and places an enormous burden on the nation’s economy across family and community services, health and hospitals, income-support and criminal justice systems.

RESEARCH DATABASES

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Knowledge transfer and exchange

ANROWS host activities as part of its knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) work, including public lectures, workshops and research launches. Details of upcoming ANROWS activities and news are available from the list on the right.

KTE Activities

ANROWS

About ANROWS

ANROWS was established by the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments of Australia to produce, disseminate and assist in applying evidence for policy and practice addressing violence against women and their children.

KTE RESOURCES

RESEARCH DATABASES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

Reconciliation

ANROWS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land across Australia on which we work and live. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders past, present and future; and we value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and knowledge.

ANROWS

Reconciliation activities in 2018–2019

Since its establishment, ANROWS has been committed to reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Our reconciliation journey began with a plan of action in 2014-15 and continued through an Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan for the period January 2016 to December 2017.

Since then, ANROWS has continued to work towards a reconciled, just and equitable Australia. The following 2018-2019 achievements demonstrate our desire to keep building sustainable relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, communities and Elders.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership

ANROWS is committed to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership to prevent and respond to family violence, including through:

the Warawarni-gu Guma statement delivered at the 2nd National Research Conference in May 2018 by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and researchers, which takes a strength-based approach, values strong representation, commits to co-design with communities and prioritises transparency in data collection;

a national Practitioner Engagement Group, including Aboriginal people with practice expertise on violence against women in First Australian communities; and

As we embed the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) National Research Guidelines on the Ethical Conduct of Research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (2018), and the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Guidelines for Ethical Research Practice (2012) into our research, we are working with research institutions to include shared Intellectual Property clauses in our contracts for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research.

ANROWS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land across Australia on which we live and work.We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging. We value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and knowledge.